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3181. Papyrus 667

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 667
Title:
Sale of Land (P.Grenf. II 15, TM 274)
Scope & Content:
Sale by Tagos, daughter of Achilles, and her brother Ammonius to Psenthotes, son of Celes, one of the ibis-buriers of Pathyris, of two twelfths of a property on an island in the lower toparchy of the Latopolite nome. The papyrus begins with a list of the eponymous priesthoods; the third column, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
21 October 139 BC
Extent:

Fragments from a papyrus roll written on one side along the fibres, preserving three columns, the first and the third being slightly mutilated. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3182. Papyrus 733

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 733
Title:
Bacchylides’ Epinician Odes and Dithyrambs (TM 59339, LDAB 438, MP3 175)
Scope & Content:
Twenty odes by Bacchylides arranged in thirty-nine columns, either complete or imperfect; the number of lines for each column varies from thirty-two to thirty-six. Detached fragments are housed in a separate frame (Papyrus 733 (5)), most of them belonging to four further columns to be placed bef...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres; thirty-nine columns survive, with fragments of four additional columns to be placed before the first one preserved in Papyrus 733 (1); each columns has an average of 34-35 lines and measures c. 175 x 110 mm; twenty odes are preserved, seven of which are perfect or nearly so; substantial portions of eight remain; mere fragments of five survive. Accents, breathings, punctuation and other writing aids were supplied by the four hands which intervened in the text; paragraphoi are also usually noted. PSI XII 1278 contains further fragments of the text.

3183. Papyrus 739

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 739
Title:
Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P.Lond.Lit. 43, P.Oxy. I 7, TM 62709)
Scope & Content:
Sappho, fragment of a poem concerning her brother Charaxus (P. Lond. Lit. 43; P. Oxy. I 7; TM 62709). Fragment 5 in the numbering of Lobel-Page and Voigt. The beginning of the text is partly supplemented by new fragments published in 2014 (P. GC. inv. 105, fr. 3), see further Burris-Fish-Obbink ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

1 fragment of a papyrus roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.

3184. Papyrus 747

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 747
Title:
Draft of a Proclamation to Ephebi (P.Oxy. I 42, P.Lond. III 747 descr., Chrest.Wilck. 154, Sel.Pap. II 238, TM 20703)
Scope & Content:
Draft of a proclamation from Dioscorides, logistes (curator) of the Oxyrhynchite nome, with some corrections, concerning a contest of ephebi (youths) taking place the following day: the youths should do their outmost in the performances. Some blank space is followed by the date in a different ha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
18 January 323
Extent:

An incomplete papyrus sheet written on both sides along the fibres, with only a couple of words on the back, lacking much of its left-hand side. Number 42 in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. Housed in one glass case. Presumably a draft.

3185. Papyrus 782

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 782
Title:
Fragment of the Gospel of John (Gregory-Aland P5; P. Lond. Lit. 213; P. Oxy. II 208; TM 61630), containing portions of chapters 1 and 20
Scope & Content:
Fragment of a bifolium from a codex containing the Gospel of John (Gregory-Aland P5; P. Lond. Lit. 213; P. Oxy. II 208; TM 61630), containing portions of chapters 1 and 20. On the recto (written along the fibres) are parts of John 1:33-40 (on the left) and John 20:11-17 (on the right). On the ve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

1 fragment of a bifolium from a papyrus codex, writing on both sides, mounted in glass

3186. Papyrus 851

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 851
Title:
Extracts with Receipts (P.Lond. III 851, TM 22694)
Scope & Content:
Extracts of a register with receipts of payments for rent (in money and fleeces) addressed to Akouis, shepherd and tenant. The issuer is in most cases Hermias alias Apollonius, strategus of Alexandria, who has various managers and assistants. The receipts, written in different hands, date to a p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
216-219
Extent:
Long fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side and well preserved, containing six columns, the first of which is lacking its left-hand side. Between columns 5-6 some space was left blank. Mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.

3187. Papyrus 920

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 920
Title:
Receipt for Rent (P.Lond. III 920, TM 22716)
Scope & Content:
Receipt given by Horion, son of Onnophris, a priest (stolistes) of Suchus, to Heron for the rent of a garden for one year (26 April 175- 12 April 176). Dated to 12 April 176.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
12 April 176
Extent:

Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, almost complete with the exception of a few letters missing on the right-hand side. Housed in one glass case and mounted on cardboard.

3188. Papyrus 951

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 951
Title:
Contract (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742) and Private Letter to a Son-In-Law (P.Lond. III 951v, TM 31964)
Scope & Content:
Recto (P.Lond. III 951r, TM 22742): End of a contract between a certain Hermias and someone else, presumably concerning property; dated to 249. Verso (P.Lond. III 951v, Chrest.Wilck. 483, TM 31964): Lower part of a private letter to a son-in-law, who is being reproached either by a mother-in-la...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
249-299
Extent:

Fragment from a papyrus roll, broken on top and written on both sides; housed in one glass frame.

3189. Papyrus 1000

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1000
Title:
Petition to an Official (P.Lond. III 1000, Chrest.Mitt. 73, TM 22772)
Scope & Content:
Petition from Flavius Georgius, son of Silvanus, to an official whose name is lost, with regards to some debt that the man was trying to recover. Dated to the second indiction, Choiak 2, in the consulship of Flavius Ioannes, and belonging to the archive of the soldiers of the numerus of the Mauri.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Egyptian (Ancient) and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
28 November 538
Extent:

Sheet from a papyrus roll, written on one side, nearly complete; the first line is damaged and a very few letters are missing on the left-hand side. Housed in one glass frame and mounted on cardboard. A name containing a Coptic character is in line 13.

3190. Papyrus 1159

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 1159
Title:
List of Liturgists for the Visit of the Prefect Lucius Valerius Proclus (P.Lond. III 1159, Chr.Wilck.415, TM 22811) and Other Texts
Scope & Content:
Recto: - Columns 1-2: unpublished; Of column 1 only the endings of ten lines are preserved; column 2 contains a document of a certain Paniscus from the division of the City East, Hermopolis, under the emperor Antoninus Pius; a five-day period account follows. - Columns 3-6 (P.Lond. III 1159, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
144-147
Extent:

Fragments of various sizes of a papyrus roll, written on both sides and containing several columns not fully preserved; housed in one glass frame.

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